Good Orbit for Progress M-29M

The Progress M-29M spacecraft en-route to the International Space Station has been delivered to an accurate orbit that will permit the spacecraft to proceed with the planned express rendezvous taking just over six hours from launch to docking.

Progress M-29M blasted off atop a Soyuz U rocket at 16:49:40.648 UTC, heading into orbit from Baikonur’s historic Site 1/5. The eight-minute and 49-second ascent mission was nominal according to real-time calls made by the launch team and Progress began executing its early mission events after separating from the booster. Docking to the Zvezda module of ISS is set for 22:54 UTC.